Evening came．It was time for Mr. Bell to close his shop．He was checking his money．His son Tom，who was 15，had just gone outside to buy a newspaper．Just then，a big man walked ___1___ the shop．He had a gun in his hand．

When Tom came back，he could hear the man asking his father for ___2___．Tom could see the gun in the man's hand，but the man didn't ___3___ or hear Tom．

Tom hurried up the street．He looked for the police，___4___ he didn't see any．Then Tom saw an old baseball bat lying in the street．“Maybe this will help，” he thought．He ran ___5___ with it．

His father was just giving some of the money to the man．The man was watching Tom's father．Tom knew he could not ___6___ any longer．“Now is the time．I must do it now．” Tom went up to the man and knocked him down ___7___ the bat．

Tom and his father then ran outside．This time they got the ___8___ and told them what ___9___．The police ___10___ went to the shop and caught the man．

1．A．out of                B．around              C．into             D．down

2．A．paper                 B．water                C．money            D．food

3．A．know                B．catch              C．meet                  D．see

4．A．but                  B．so                 C．for               D．or

5．A．back                 B．over                C．away              D．past

6．A．hold          B．wait                C．rest               D．watch

7．A．by                   B．from                C．without             D．with

8．A．neighbors              B．police               C．friends            D．children

9．A．happened              B．happens                  C．has happened         D．is happening

10．A．quick               B．quickly              C．fast                D．fastly

Mr Smith is a teacher of English．He comes from America．He teaches English in China．He speaks Chinese quite well．

He reads a lot of books and his wife often writes books for the students at home．Mr Smith gets up at five in the morning．He leaves home at ten to six．He begins the first lesson at 8：00．He teaches English every day except Saturday and Sunday．At ten to twelve he finishes his lessons．Ten minutes later he has lunch．In the afternoon，he often plays games with his students．Sometimes he teaches his students in his office．Supper time is at about six．After that，he reads newspapers and watches TV．At about ten to eleven he goes to bed．

1.Mr Smith is            ．

A．a Chinese

B．an Englishmans

C．a worker

D．an American

2.He leaves home at         ．

A．6：10

B．5：50

C．7：10

D．6：50

3.He doesn’t have any English classes on         ．

A．Saturday

B．Sunday

C．Friday

D．Saturday and Sunday

4.He has lunch at          ．

A．12：30

B．12：00

C．13：30

D．13：00

5.He watches TV or reads newspaper        supper．

A．before

B．after

C．at

D．in

 

Farmer John and Farmer Bob were neighbors．For more than 30 years, they had been getting along very well．

Then their good relationship broke．It began with a small thing, then bitter words, and then weeks of silence．One morning Farmer John woke up to find a stream between the two farms．“It must be Bob,” John thought．

Then one day there was a knock on John’s door．He opened it to find a carpenter(木匠) standing at the doorway．

“I’m looking for a few days’ work, ”the carpenter said．

“I do have a job for you．” John said．“Look across the stream at that farm．That’s my neighbor Bob．He dug a stream between the two farms．I want you to build a fence--an 8-foot fence．I don’t want to see his place or his face any more．I don’t have such a neighbor!”

The carpenter said, “I think I know what to do, sir, and I’ll be able to do a job that pleases you．”

Farmer John helped the carpenter get the materials (材料)ready and then he was off for the day．

About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job．The farmer’s eyes opened wide．There was no fence there at all! It was a bridge! And the neighbor, Bob, was coming across, with his hand outstretched(伸出)．“Hi, John! You’re quite a fellow to build this bridge!”

Then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hands．“I’m terribly sorry for what I have said and done．We should be good to each other．” said Farmer Bob．

Then they turned to see the carpenter, who was ready to go． “No, wait! Stay a few days．I have a lot of other jobs for you, ” said Farmer John．“I’d love to stay, ” the carpenter said, “but l have more bridges to build．”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1．Just before the carpenter came, John and Bob             each other．

A．didn’t speak to                                               B．were friendly to

C．often fought with                                            D．never had bitter words with

2．Farmer John asked the carpenter to build a fence because               ．

A．he wanted to protect his farm

B．he didn’t want to do it himself

C．he wouldn’t like to see Bob

D．he wanted to find him something to do

3．What does the sentence “You’re quite a fellow to build this bridge!” mean?

A．John was great to build this bridge．

B．John was not good at building bridges．

C．John was foolish to build such a bridge．

D．John should build the bridge earlier．

4．What do you think of the carpenter?

A．Shy．                   B．Wise．                C．Proud．                 D．Careless．

5．What is the best title for the passage?

A．What a Big Fence!                                   B．A Strong Bridge

C．Three Kind Man                                      D．A Fence or a Bridge?

Computer games are very popular．It is natural for people to want to   1  ，so playing against a computer or against a friend on the computer can be   2   to stop．“Just one more game，” often turns into another game， then another．

Computer games do have their   3  ．They are excellent for training hand / eye coordination（协调）．Surgeons（外科医生） who played computer games as children are often more skilled．Computer games can also be great for teaching students．The students are open to learning while playing．They can study for longer than a   4   would be able to teach．Students can also learn at their own speed and not feel pressured to match classmates． And with computers you can   5   a task as many times as you like． The more you do this，the better you will get， until you can do it perfectly．

But like anything else in life， things should be balanced．Too much time on the com purer can   6   your eyes． Regular breaks are needed．If students cannot   7   playing computer games，they won’t do as well in other areas in their life--not just schoolwork，but in developing important social skills such as how to talk with people and how to work with others as part of a   8  ．And if they are   9   taking regular exercise，their health will become worse．

Computer games have their place，but people must also remember it is important to  10  a balanced lifestyle．

1．A．win                  B．lose                     C．fight              D．race

2．A．easy                  B．necessary                C．difficult            D．natural

3．A．rules                  B．advantages                C．disadvantages       D．mistakes

4．A．teacher               B．parent                   C．doctor                D．computer

5．A．make                  B．practice                 C．put off                 D．discover

6．A．break                  B．hurt                    C．relax             D．close

7．A．enjoy                  B．start                    C．stop                     D．keep

8．A．family                 B．game                   C．match                  D．team

9．A．often                  B．no longer                 C．always            D．still

10．A．refuse               B．give up                 C．stay away from           D．have

Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of “home” and “sick”. You know

  1  each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are   2  together. “Homesick” means “Thinking of home, unhappy away from home.” In other words, it means “sick for home”.

　　Now think for a minute   3  the word SEASICK. If you change the word “home” in the definition (定义) to the word “sea”, would the definition  4  “seasick” ? Does seasick mean “thinking of sea, unhappy away from sea”? It means something quite  5 . Seasick means “made sick by the only place where you are on the sea.” It means “sick because of the sea.” When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, the   6  place you want to be is at sea.

　　Have you ever   7  a person being heartsick? Heartsick does not mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are   8 down deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.

　  And so, when you are carsick, you are “made sick by the movement of a car on the road.” You are sick because of the car, not sick for it.

You can see, then, that   9  compound words are what they seem at first glance (一瞥). Think about the compound words, such as handshake and   10 . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

1.                A．what           B．that            C．which    D．who

 

2.                A．read           B．used           C．thought   D．understood

 

3.                A．for            B．from           C．about    D．like

 

4.                A．fit             B．read           C．get D．have

 

5.                A．different        B．same           C．right D．wrong

 

6.                A．first            B．only           C．safe D．last

 

7.                A．heard of        B．heard from      C．thought over   D．thought about

 

8.                A．hit            B．hurt           C．loved D．moved

 

9.                A．not others      B．not every       C．not all    D．not other

 

10.               A．careful         B．southern       C．illness D．handwriting